ON TWITTER

#GBBO

The Great British Bake Off returned to TV screens last night, as Channel 4 hosted the hit show for a second year. Judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith were back, as were presenters Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig, and people took to Twitter to express their excitement.

@speaktodave replied: “Hope the vegan round is going to be a regular feature!”

@jessicamaguire tweeted: “This morning just suddenly became a lot better when I remembered #GBBO is back tonight”

@katieamarsh posted: “I kinda want today to be over already so I can watch #GBBO”

@Whyisellie wrote: “My only goal for the day is to finish early enough to get the early train and not miss #GBBO”

@Paula_94x said: “Bake Off AND First Dates Hotel on the same night, Channel 4 showing off now”

@abbiegbrock joked: “Did I just move a meeting forward so I wouldn’t miss Bake Off? Yes. Yes I did”

#FOODPRICES

The Centre for Economics and Business Research has said food prices are to increase by 5 per cent as a result of the hot weather, costing the average household £7.15 a month.

@Cebr_uk reported: “Cebr analysis, out today, estimates that the extreme weather is set to cost UK consumers £45 million per week = £7.15/month/ household. The price of onions, carrots, lettuce, wheat and strawberries have already risen by a fifth or more since March.”

@Mollymep added: “Morning Star asked me to comment on the impact of the climate-changed extreme summer weather on food prices. The reality of more costly food demonstrates again that climate change is a class issue.”

@nich769 commented: “British consumers face average 5% (£7.15 per month) rise in food prices due to #extremeweather this year, according to @Cebr_uk. Price of wheat for bread +20%, strawberries +28%, carrots +41% & lettuce +61%”

@damo_baker1 wrote: “In the UK as food prices rise (due to current Grand Solar Minimum/global Cooling) you will have less disposable ‘currency’ to spend! There is a reason why cryptocurrencies are already being used to track food shipments across the globe!”